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Historical Event on 1/16/1901

Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1875The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree.
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
12/26/1914Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement.
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
12/15/1980Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada.
11/11/2000Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
4/21/199018 more ministers added in the National Front Ministry.
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.